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Channel 4 pulls the plug on Princess Pushy film

PRINCESS MICHAEL of Kent has suffered her latest public humiliation, with the decision by Channel 4 to pull the plug on a documentary about her life midway through filming.

The programme, which would have been presented by the royal, nicknamed “Princess Pushy”, was planned to show her house, Nether Lypiatt Manor in Gloucestershire, currently on sale for £6m. It would also have looked at her charity work and interest in interior design.

Insiders said it discovered the princess had negotiated an arrangement with the independent production company making the show that she would have final editorial control. The channel said its policy was never to allow outside control over its programmes.

It is thought to be the first time a member of the royal family has been asked to make a television show and had it scrapped.